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Court of Appeals Both
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals Both
Supreme Court
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Draw
• Court of Appeals
–Students should show three judges, two
lawyers, and may show other aspects of
the courtroom such as observers.
• Supreme Court
–Students should show nine justices, two
lawyers, and may show other aspects of
the courtroom such as observers.
Facts/Reasons
Magic Number=15
True/False
• 1. Lawyers don’t have to file any kind of
paperwork at the Court of Appeals.
– False
• 2. To ask the Supreme Court to take your case,
you file a petition.
– True
• 3. A panel of judges in the Court of Appeals is
called an “en banc” panel.
– False
• 4. Higher Courts use totally different factors to
judge a case than the lower court used.
– False
• 5. There are nine justices on the Supreme Court
– True
True/False
• 6. The Court of Appeals only hears a case en banc in very
important situations.
– True
• 7. In an oral argument, the lawyers yell at each other and while
the judges listen.
– False
• 8. The Court of Appeals must take every case appealed to it.
– True
• 9. A precedent case acts like a law for future cases with very
similar facts.
– True
• 10. The Supreme Court must take every case appealed to it.
– False